The 24-Hour Play Company—the itinerant troupe that regularly squeezes a clutch of new short plays out of several drafted dramatists, all in less that a day—will bring its act to the Brooklyn Academy of Music at 8 PM July 24.

Unlike previous outings, the BAM plays will not be quickly staged, but instead given a reading. The involved writers will report for duty at 1 PM Sunday. They will be given five and a half hours to pen a 10-minute play. Actors arrive at 7 PM to take a look at the resulting scripts and the works are read promptly at 8 PM.

The 24 Hour Play Company outings have performed everywhere from the Ohio Theatre and Lucille Lortel Theatre in downtown Manhattan to Broadway. Participating playwrights have included Warren Leight, David Lindsay-Abaire, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Will Eno and Teresa Rebeck.